Operations Manager

GAL; United Arab Emirates; On-site; AED 420,000 - 600,000; Full time

Job summary

GAL in United Arab Emirates seeks an experienced Base Maintenance Operations Manager to lead maintenance planning at the base, ensuring repairs and services are executed efficiently to high standards.

You will coordinate with GAL Headquarters, develop schedules, monitor materials usage, and drive safety, environmental, and cost targets while developing staff and maintaining service quality.

Responsibilities

• Under the direction of the Base Manager Operations manages the implementation of the maintenance planning at the base to ensure that repair and maintenance services are accomplished efficiently to the most productive and cost effective manner
• Supports the Base Manager with the development of optimum maintenance planning targets covering maintenance efficiencies and availability at the base ensuring reliability and performance improvement to improve the maintenance effectiveness and speed of service
• Contributes to the development of maintenance schedules and implements them as part of operation and maintenance planning to execute on time and scheduled maintenance
• Supports the Base Manager in the coordination of maintenance planning activities in the base and interface with GAL Headquarters to align maintenance operations maintenance scheduling short and long term base capability communication and workload planning and management to ensure smooth functioning of the base s activities and avoiding possible delays and maintenance failures
• Supports the Base Manager in managing the resolution of the operational day-to-day maintenance problems to ensure a highly efficient effective and quality service is extended to customers aircrafts at the base
• Ensures that all aircraft maintenance activities take place in an efficient compliant and safe manner to ensure a high quality of maintenance operations at the base
• Ensures that military aircraft maintenance services are continuously available to customers so that aircrafts are operational and ready to fly when required and at a level that meets the required standards
• Develops preventative maintenance schedules to cover all relevant aircraft maintenance so that it is maintained in optimum working order and breakdowns are minimized
• Monitors the usage of materials spares and consumables to ensure that consumption is consistent with budgeted assumptions
• Contributes towards the on-going review of the physical condition of the base operational assets to ensure that those assets are in a suitable condition to allow GAL to fulfil its strategic objectives and comply with any relevant legislation
• Assists the Supply Chain function in the negotiations with contractors providing a clear statement of work and understanding
• Maintains relationships with third-party providers through the Supply Chain function of operational and maintenance personnel so that GAL is able to fulfill its operational service safety environmental and cost targets without unnecessary addition to the fixed overheads
• Manages the achievement of objectives by setting individual goals and objectives managing performance developing staff and providing formal and informal feedback in order to maximize overall performance and engagement
• Supervises the day-to-day operations of the Base Maintenance Operations section to ensure that work processes are implemented as designed and comply with established policies processes and procedures
• Reviews all operational reports and takes any necessary corrective actions to ensure that all aircraft maintenance activities take place according to defined operational procedures and a timely service is delivered to customers
• On an on-going basis examines current operational processes to identify and implement potential operational improvements that will positively impact upon service safety environmental and cost performance
• Manages effectively the achievement of the objectives through assisting the Department Head in managing the maintenance operations setting individual objectives managing performance developing and motivating staff provision of formal and informal feedback and appraisal in order to maximize the performance of the maintenance staffs
• Ensures compliance to all relevant safety quality and environmental management policies procedures and controls across the Maintenance Operations at the Facility to guarantee employee safety legislative compliance delivery of high quality aircraft maintenance service and a responsible environmental attitude
• Contributes towards the on-going review of the physical condition of the Facility operational assets to ensure that those assets are in a suitable condition to allow the company to fulfil its strategic objectives and comply with any relevant legislation

Job description

Overview

1. Under the direction of the Base Manager Operations manages the implementation of the maintenance planning at the assigned base to ensure that repair and maintenance services are accomplished efficiently to the most productive and cost effective manner


2. Supports the Base Manager with the development of optimum maintenance planning targets covering maintenance efficiencies and availability at the base ensuring reliability and performance improvement to improve the maintenance effectiveness and speed of service


3. Contributes to the development of maintenance schedules and implements them as part of operation and maintenance planning to execute on time and scheduled maintenance in order to ensure that aircrafts are working to their optimum efficiency and capability


4. Supports the Base Manager in the coordination of maintenance planning activities in the base and interface with GAL Headquarters to align maintenance operations maintenance scheduling short and long term base capability communication and workload planning and management to ensure smooth functioning of the base s activities and avoiding possible delays and maintenance failures


5. Supports the Base Manager in managing the resolution of the operational day-to-day maintenance problems to ensure a highly efficient effective and quality service is extended to customers aircrafts at the base


6. Ensures that all aircraft maintenance activities take place in an efficient compliant and safe manner to ensure a high quality of maintenance operations at the base


7. Ensures that military aircraft maintenance services are continuously available to customers so that aircrafts are operational and ready to fly when required and at a level that meets the required standards


8. Develops preventative maintenance schedules to cover all relevant aircraft maintenance so that it is maintained in optimum working order and breakdowns are minimized


9. Monitors the usage of materials spares and consumables to ensure that consumption is consistent with budgeted assumptions


10. Contributes towards the on-going review of the physical condition of the base operational assets to ensure that those assets are in a suitable condition to allow GAL to fulfil its strategic objectives and comply with any relevant legislation


11. Assists the Supply Chain function in the negotiations with contractors providing a clear statement of work and understanding


12. Maintains relationships with third-party providers through the Supply Chain function of operational and maintenance personnel so that GAL is able to fulfill its operational service safety environmental and cost targets without unnecessary addition to the fixed overheads


13. Manages the achievement of objectives by setting individual goals and objectives managing performance developing staff and providing formal and informal feedback in order to maximize overall performance and engagement


14. Supervises the day-to-day operations of the Base Maintenance Operations section to ensure that work processes are implemented as designed and comply with established policies processes and procedures


15. Reviews all operational reports and takes any necessary corrective actions to ensure that all aircraft maintenance activities take place according to defined operational procedures and a timely service is delivered to customers


16. On an on-going basis examines current operational processes to identify and implement potential operational improvements that will positively impact upon service safety environmental and cost performance


17. Manages effectively the achievement of the objectives through assisting the Department Head in managing the maintenance operations setting individual objectives managing performance developing and motivating staff provision of formal and informal feedback and appraisal in order to maximize the performance of the maintenance staffs


18. Ensures compliance to all relevant safety quality and environmental management policies procedures and controls across the Maintenance Operations at the Facility to guarantee employee safety legislative compliance delivery of high quality aircraft maintenance service and a responsible environmental attitude


19. Contributes towards the on-going review of the physical condition of the Facility operational assets to ensure that those assets are in a suitable condition to allow the company to fulfil its strategic objectives and comply with any relevant legislation